Ban on LTTE extended by five years by Centre
Posted on: 16/May/2014 9:38:45 AM
The Central Government of India which had imposed ban on terror group LTTE for the last 23 years has extended it by five years.
The home ministry said the LTTE, even after its military defeat in May 2009 in Sri Lanka, has not abandoned the concept of `Eelam` and has been clandestinely working towards the `Eelam` cause by undertaking fund raising and propaganda activities. LTTE, which was behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, was banned in 1991.
The remaining LTTE leaders have initiated efforts to regroup the scattered activists and resurrect the outfit locally and internationally , it said in a notification issued on Wednesday .
The Centre feared that the separatists Tamil chauvinist groups and pro-LTTE groups continue to foster a separatist tendency among the masses and enhance the support base for LTTE in India and particularly in TN. The diaspora continue to spread through articles in the internet portals, anti-India feeling among the Sri Lankan Tamils by holding the government of India responsible for the defeat of the LTTE. Such propaganda through internet, is likely to impact VVIP security adversely in India.
